Abad-Jugo, Cyan.  LEAF AND SHADOW:  STORIES ABOUT SOME FRIENDLY CREATURES.  Illustrations by Francis C. Alcaraz.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing Inc. , 2008.  111 p.
Softcover  $18.50    [3 CPS.]

Alcantara, Pelagio.  ILOCANO HARVEST.  Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1988. 124 p.
Softcover
$8.50 [OUT OF STOCK]
A collection of short stories by Ilocano writers.  The selections were either originally written in English or translated from Ilocano.

Alegre, Edilberto N. & Fernandez, Doreen G.  WRITERS & THEIR MILIEU, PARTS I & II.  Philippines: De La Salle University Press.  Second edition 1993.  333 p.
Soft cover
PART I  $18.00; [1 cp.]  ; PART II  $22.00 [1 cp.]
Part I is an oral history of the first generation writers in English.
Part II is about the second generation.  Each chapter focuses on a different author, including: Bienvenido Santos, Jose Garcia Villa, Angela Manalang Gloria, Emilio Aguilar Cruz, N.V.M. Gonzales and many others

Almario, Virgilio, et al.  BUMASA AT LUMAYA: A SOURCEBOOK ON CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN THE PHILIPPINES.  Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1994.
161 p.  Illustrations
Soft cover
$13.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
The first book of its kind in the Philippines, this collection of articles reflects the various sectors involved in the writing, illustrating, publishing, marketing and promotion of children’s literature.

APARADOR NI LOLA:  PAST LIVES, PRECIOUS OBJECTS.  Edited by Emmie G. Velarde.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1994.  131 p. ; Illustrated.  Includes Bibliographical Sketches of the Essayists and the Editor and Glossary
Softcover  $19.00  [1 cp.]
Essays inspired by Lolas' closets.  Memories of grandmas.

Apostol, Gina.  BIBLIOLEPSY.  Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1997.  160 p.
Softcover  $20.00  [1 cp.]
The author's first novel, called by one reviewer, "The Memoirs of a Book Junkie."  The book opens with the definition of bibliolepsy, a coined term, and follows the life of a self-confessed "bibliolept."  Winner of the Philippine National Book Award for Fiction in 1998.

Apostol, Gina.  THE REVOLUTION ACCORDING TO RAYMUNDO MATA.  Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2009. 
Softcover  $19.00  [4 COPIES]
" ... A fiercely intellectual [historical] novel ... " -- set in 1898 and the Philippine revolution against Spain -- that uses footnotes reminiscent of OSCAR WAO.

Axelson, Majgull.  ROSARIO IS DEAD.  Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1997.  153 p.   Softcover $10.00  [2 cps.]
A documentary novel of a street child in Olongopo.  Spooky; heartbreaking.

BAGETS:  AN ANTHOLOGY OF FILIPINO YOUNG ADULT FICTION.  Edited by Carla M. Pacis and Eugene Y. Evasco. Quezon City:  University of the Philippines Press, 2006.  168 p.  Includes Biographical Sketches of the Editors and Contributors.  Softcover  $10.00    [OUT OF STOCK]

BAGUIO CALLIGRAPHY.  Edited by Francis c. Macansantos and Luchie B. Maranan.  Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2010.  145 p.  Includes Biographical Sketches of the Contributors.
Softcover  $21.00   [2 CPS.]
Poetry and fiction from the Cordilleras' premier city.

Bascom, Tim.  SQUATTERS’ RITES.  Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1990.  100 p. 
Softcover  $7.50   [8 cps.]
The author, raised in small town USA and East Africa, lived with a family of squatters in the Philippines for six months in 1983.  This experience provided the seed for this novel about the lives of the Filipino poor.

Bautista, Cirilo F.  BREAKING SIGNS.  Manila: De La Salle University Press, 1990.  70 p.  Softcover. $ 7.00 [OUT OF STOCK]
Lectures on literature and semiotics by Cirilo Bautista as Writer-in-Residence of De La Salle University.

Bautista, Cirilo F.  STORIES.  Metro Manila:  De La Salle University Press, 1990.  104 p.  Softcover $14.25 [1 cp.]
A collection of the poet’s first short stories written as a diversion between poetry projects.  A few of the selections have won literary awards.

Bautista, Lualhati.  DEKADA '70: ANG ORIHINAL AT KUPETONG EDISYON.  Mandaluyong:  Carmelo & Bauerman and Cacho Publishing, 1988, 1991.  228 p.
Softcover  Newsprint  $5.00   [1 CP.]

Bayot, David Jonathan Y (Ed).  THE ALFREDO E. LITIATCO LECTURES OF ISAGANI R. CRUZ.  Malate, Manila: De La Salle University Press,1996.  313 p.  Softcover $ 10.00   [1 CP.]

BEHIND THE WALLS:  LIFE OF CONVENT GIRLS.  Edited by Cecilia M. Brainard and Marily Ysip Orosa.  Metro Manilla: Anvil Publishing, 2005.  218 p. ; b & w photographs appended
Softcover  $17.00  [1 CP.]

Bragado, Jose.  CONGRESSMAN PITONG.  Quezon City; Filipino Publishing, 1989.  302 p.  Softcover. [OUT OF STOCK]
A novel about the works of Agapito Aliwa as a member of the House of Representatives during the Marcos years.

Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra.  ACAPULCO AT SUNSET AND OTHER STORIES.  Pasig, Manila:  New Day, 1995.  157 p.  Softcover $16.50 [3 CPS.]
A collection of writings since the publishing of Woman with Horns.

Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra.  SONG OF YVONNE.  Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1991.  186 p. 
Softcover $10.75 [1 CP.]
This is the first novel by Cecilia M. Brainard.  It is the story of a girl and her experiences through the WWII era.

Brainard, Cecilia Manguerra.  WOMAN WITH HORNS AND OTHER STORIES.  Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1987.  95 p.  Softcover. $6.75 [7 CPS.]
“...A gifted writer able to draw from both historical and contemporary sources.... especially impressive is the way she jumps into a story, and within three or four lines, sets the time, mood, and pace of a story...”  Russel Leong, editor of Amerasia Journal, UCLA.

Briscoe, Leonor Aureus.  BEN ON BEN:  CONVERSATIONS WITH BIENVENIDO N. SANTOS.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing Inc., 2011.  x, 210 p. ; black & white photographs.  Includes Afterword.
Softcover   $24.50   [3 CPS.]

Bulosan, Carlos. ALL THE CONSPIRATORS.  Seattle:  University of Washington Press, 2005.  161 p.  Includes short story, "The Filipino Houseboy."
Softcover $15.00  [1 CP.]
Novel published more than 50 years after the legendary author's death.  A must for fans of Mr. Bulosan

Bulosan, Carlos.  NASA PUSO ANG AMERIKA.  Salin nina Carolina S. Malay and Paula Carolina S. Malay.  Metro Manilla: Anvil Publishing, 1993, 2002.  35[1] p.  Includes Biographical Sketch of the Translators.
Softcover  $24.00   [3 CPS.]
The classic Great Depression era chronicle, translated into Taglaog.

Bulosan, Carlos.  THE PHILIPPINES IS IN THE HEART.  Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1978.  192 p.  
Newsprint $8.75   [OUT OF STOCK] 
This book marks the first time Bulosan’s original works are appearing in his country of origin.  Born in Pangasinan, Bulosan left the Philippines in 1931 when he was 17.  The stories in this collection show that he never left the Philippines in spirit.

Bulosan, Carlos.  SELECTED WORKS & LETTERS.  Edited by Epifanio San Juan, Jr, and Ninotchka Rosca.   Honolulu; Hawaii Frien.ds of the Filipino People,  1982.  83 p.  Softcover $ 5.00 [OUT OF STOCK; OP]
A collection of Carlos Bulosan’s writings.

Ty-Casper, Linda.  FORTRESS IN THE PLAZA.  Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1985.  113 p.
Softcover.  $7.00  [1 CP.]
A novella that traces the events that could have led to the Plaza Miranda bombing.

Castillo, Erwin E.  THE FIREWALKERS.  Metro Manilla: Anvil Publishing, 1992.  152 p. 
Softcover $ 7.50  [1 CP.]
In this long awaited novel, Erwin Castillo returns to mythic Cavite - the poignant highlands he first described as a teenage poet in the 60s.  Now he adds growing maturity in this stirring evocation of a vanished world achingly familiar as today.

Casacot, Ian Rosales.  HEARTBREAK & MAGIC:  STORIES OF FANTASY AND HORROR.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing Inc., 2011.  124 p.  Includes Questions for Study.
Softcover   $12.00  [2 CPS.]
Eight stories of science fiction, horror and fantasy by the award-winning author.

“CENTURY OF DREAMS” MANOA.  v. 9, n.2 (Winter 1997).   Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997.  195 p. Softcover  $ 10.00    [1 cp.]
New Writing from America, the Pacific, and Asia.

Co, Jason.  THE SPIRIT OF 1896:  A MIRROR OF THE PHILIPPINE PAST, A WINDOW ON ITS FUTURE.  Quezon City:  University of the Philippines, 291 p. 
Softcover  $25.00   [1 CP.]
Winner of the Philippine Centennial Commission's First Prize (1898 - 1998) for English Essay.

CONNECTING FLIGHTS:  FILIPINOS WRITE FROM ELSEWHERE.  Edited by Ruel S. de Vera.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 2010.  Softcover  $16.00  [OUT OF STOCK]

Cordero-Fernando, Gilda.  BUTCHER BAKER CANDLESTICK MAKER.  Manila;  Beniypayo Press, 1962. 196 p.  Softcover $5.00 [3 CPS.]
Although working with a borrowed language (English) at a time when American fiction influenced the Philippine literary scene, the author was able to capture local tone and texture.

Cordero-Fernando, Gilda.  BAD KINGS. Illustrated by Gilbert R. Perez and Dennis L. Espiritu.   Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing Inc., 2006.  [69] p. ; illustrated.
Softcover   $12.25   [2 CPS.] 

Cordero-Fernando, Gilda.  SAMPLER.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 2009.  203 p. ; illustrated ; color photographs ; plates.  Include Appendices.
Softcover   $20.00  [1 CP.]
A collection of essays on a variety of topics.

Cordero-Fernando, Gilda.  STORY COLLECTION.  Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1994; 276 p.
Softcover $13.80 [4 CPS.]
The short fiction represented in this collection are the best stories written by the author from 1952 to 1970, and have previously appeared in earlier publications.  The author was a Patnubay ng Sining Awardee for literature in 1993, and CCP Gawad awardee for literature and publishing in 1994.

Cruz, Isagani R. & Bayot, David Jonathan (editors).  READING CIRILO F. BAUTISTA.  Manila: De La Salle University Press, 1995.  381 p.  Softcover $ 27.00 [3 CPS.]
A series of essays on the many writings of Cirilo F. Bautisa.

Cruz, Isagani (ed).  LOVE LETTERS OF THE FIFTIES.  Manila:  Bookmark Inc., 1990; 141 p.  Softcover $9.75 [OUT OF STOCK; OP?]
Kislap magazine’s Love Letters Contest of 1953 was an unprecedented hit, attracting over 4,000 entries.  This collection offer a glimpse of love and life in the fifties.

Cuyugan, Tina.  FORBIDDEN FRUIT.  Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1992.  112 p. 
Softcover $ 6.50   [OUT OF STOCK]
This book is a landmark anthology of erotic fiction and poetry by some of the best contempoary Filipino writers.

Dalisay, Jose Y. Jr.  PENMANSHIP AND OTHER STORIES.  Cacho Publishing, 1995.  157 p. 
Softcover $16.60 [2 CPS.]
Dalisay’s third collection of short stories, including the short novel, Voyager.  These stories deal largely with men and women and the ebb of power -- often mistaken for love -- that pass between them.

Dalisay, Jose Y.  SOLEDAD'S SISTER.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 2008.  194 p. 
Softcover  $15.00  [2 CPS.]

Daroy, E. Vallodo.  HAZARDS OF MEMORY.  Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1992.  146 p. 
Softcover $8.75  [7 cps.]
Travails and triumphs of a Pinoy emigrant in the USA.  

Daza, Julie Yap.  ETIQUETTE FOR MISTRESSES...AND WHAT WIVES CAN LEARN FROM THEM.  Metro Manila:  National Bookstores, 1994.  249 p.  Newsprint.  Softcover $19.50  [OUT OF STOCK]
A survival manual for the game of love.  This book lifts a corner of the veil that hides the secret society of mistresses.  Here are their stories and their mistakes, passed on as helpful tips to aspiring members of the sorority.  Wives beware!

Jimenez-David, Rina.  WOMAN AT LARGE.  Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1994.  258 p. 
Softcover $14.20  [3 CPS.]
A collection of articles from the author’s daily column in the Philippine Inquirer.  Described as the “thinking housewife’s every woman,”  Ms. Jimenez-David takes on issues which only women can fully understand.

Demetillo, Ricardo D.  MAJOR AND MINOR KEYS: CRITICAL ESSAYS ON PHILIPPINE FICTION AND POETRY.  Quezon City:  New Day, 1987. 180 p.
Softcover  $10.75  [1 CP.]

Deriada, Leoncio P.  THE WEEK OF THE WHALES AND OTHER STORIES.  Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1994.
134 p.  Softcover $11.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
Six of the twelve short stories in this collection were written by the author at his wife’s deathbed.  The Week of the Whales was a 1990 Philppine Graphic short story contest winner.

Enriques, Antonio.  THE LIVING AND THE DEAD.  Quezon City: Giraffe Books, 1994.  184 p.  Softcover $ 7.50  [OUT OF STOCK]
The author has won the Don Carlos Palanca memorial Award in Literature several times, for his novel Subanos.  He hopes to submit the present novel - The living and the Dead, to the Palanca competition.

Enriquez, Mig Alvarez, THREE PHILIPPINE ETHNIC HERO PLAYS.  Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1991.  145 p.  Softcover $7.80 [2 CPS.]
All three plays are Palanca Prize winners:  “Princess Urduja”, “Lapu-Lapu of Mactan”, and “Cachil Kudarat.”  The author explores his anti-colonialist theme by using the language left by the colonizers.

FILIPINOS WRITING:  PHILIPPINE LITERATURE FROM THE REGIONS.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 2001.  535 p.  Softcover  $45.00  [OUT OF STOCK]

Acacio-Flores, Lin.  ADVENTURES OF A CHILD OF WAR.  Mandaluyong, Metro Manila:  Cacho Publishing, 2002.  144 p.  Includes Teachers' Guide.  Softcover  $15.00  [1 CP.]
A Young Adult novel -- the story of a young boy, Eduardo, who lives in San Juan during the Second World War.

Acacio-Flores, Lin.  THE SECRET.  Mandaluyong: Cacho Publishing, 1997.  107 p. ; illustrated.
Softcover   $12.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
A Young Adult novel telling the story of a convent where young school girls stay to survive World War II.

Fres-Felix, Maria L.M.  SUP ?  Metro Manila:  Adarna House, 2001.  54 p. 
Softcover   $7.50  [1 CP.]
A Young Adult novella revolving around 13-year old Ram.  Perfect for those who want a "thin book."

Gamalinda, Eric.  THE EMPIRE OF MEMORY.  [Revised ed.] Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 2000.  304 p.  Softcover. $20.00  [2 CPS.]
The novel opens with the Beatles being chased out of Manila International Airport by angry Marcos [paid] mobs and meanders through the New Society via the eyes and pens of two Marcos speech writers/censors, who were commissioned to ghost write the President’s history of the Philippines.   Cited in Charlie Chan is Dead as a “good read.”

Garceau, Scott. KANO-NIZATION:  MORE SECRETS FROM THE X-PAT FILES.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 2001. 
183 p. ; b & w illustrations.  Softcover  $15.00  [OUT OF STOCK]

Garcia, Annette Flores.  JACOBO'S GHOST.  Metro Manila:  Adarna House, 2001.  49 p.
Softcover   $7.50  [OUT OF STOCK]
Winner, Grand Prize, 2001 Pilar Perez Medallion for Young Literature.  Another "thin book."

Garcia, J. and Danton Remoto.  LALAD:  ANTHOLOGY OF PHILIPPINE GAY WRITING.  Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1994.  295 p.  Softcover $15.00  [1 CP.]
The first book to gather the various voices of the gay experience in the country today, through poems, essays, short fiction, and plays in Filipino and English.

Gonzales, Barbara C.  HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR PEARLS ARE REAL?  ON SINGLE PARETNHOOD & OTHER MS. ADVENTURES.  Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1991.  300 p.
Softcover  $15.00   [1 CP.]

Gonzales, N.V.M.  A SEASON OF GRACE.  Makati, Metro Manila:  Bookmark, 1992.  239 p. 
Softcover  Newsprint   $7.80   [6 CPS.]
Originally published in 1954 and reissued in 1992 as part of Bookmark’s Filipino Literary Classics.  Richard R. Guzman in The Virginia Quarterly Review describes this book as the author’s masterpiece and “...surely one of the four or five most beautiful novels to have come from the Third World.”

Gonzales, N.V.M.  CHILDREN OF THE ASH COVERED LOAM.  Makati, Metro Manila:  Bookmark, 1992.  152 p.
Newsprint $6.00 [2 CPS.]
Originally published in 1951 and reissued as part of Bookmark’s Filipino Literary Classics in 1992, this is a collection of stories which previously appeared in various publications in the Philippines, USA and England.

Gonzales, N.V.M.  THE BAMBOO DANCERS.  Makati, Metro Manila:  Bookmark, 1993.  358 p. 
Newsprint $11.00 [3 CPS.]
Recipient of two Republic Cultural Heritage Awards and of the Rizal Pro-Patria Award (1961).  Originally published in 1959, and reissued in 1993 as part of Bookmark’s Filipino Literary Classics.

Gonzales, N.V.M.  WORK ON THE MOUNTAIN.  Quezon City:  University of the Philippines Press, 1995. 
Softcover  $28.00  [1 CP.]

GROWING UP FILIPINO II:  MORE STORIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS.  Collected and Edited by Celcilia Manguerra Brainard.  Santa Monica:  PALH, 2010.  257 p.  Includes Biographical Sketches of Contributors and Acknowledgements. 
Softcover  $20.00  [8 CPS.]
The second volume of the series by PALH; a collection of 27 short stories by Filipino and Filipino American writers.

Valeros-Gruenberg, Estrellita.  UN-UNI:  ECHOES FROM ILOCANDIA. Metro Manila:  De La Salle, 2000. Softcover.  $15.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
Documents the growth of Philippine Literature in Ilokano.

Garceau, Scott.  SIMIANOLOGY:  STORIES.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing Inc., 2011.  137 p.  Includes Afterword.
Softcover   $12.25  [3 CPS.]

Guerrero, Amadis Ma.  TRAVELER’S CHOICE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1994. Illustrations and photographs.  Softcover $15.00 [2 CPS.]
Travel articles published in various newspapers, the author provides fresh insight on popular destinations in the Philippines.  He includes unusual information or anecdotes about each place.

Gumil Metro Manila & Gumil Filipinas (Eds).  LINGKA.  Metro Manila: MG Reprographics, 1994.  287 p.  Softcover. $20.00 [OUT OF STOCK]
This anthology includes the short stories, poetry, and essays of award-winning Ilokano writers from Metro Manila, with various themes such as abortion, rebellion, military abuses, mother’s love and many more.

Hagedorn, Jessica.  THE GANGSTER OF LOVE.  United States of America: Houghton Mifflin Company,  Boston New York, 1996. 311 p. 
Hard cover. $7.00 [6 CPS]
Compelling story by the author of DOGEATERS; Ms. Hagedorn  continues to illuminate the intersection where American pop culture and local Filipino tradition mix.

Hidalgo, Cristina Pantoja.  THE PATH OF THE HEART.  Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1994.  102 p.  Softcover $8.00 [OUT OF STOCK]
This is the author’s fifth collection of travel essays and autobiographical sketches.  Ophelia Dimalanta in the National Book Review notes “that everywhere she goes, her Filipino-ness always surfaces, in pain, pathos or pride...”

Hidalgo, Cristina Pantoja.  WHERE ONLY THE MOON RAGES.  Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1994.  141 p.  S. C. $15.00 [1 CP.]
A collection of nine enchanting tales.

Hamilton-Paterson, James.  GHOSTS OF MANILA.  Auckland, New Zealand:  Vintage, 1995.  279 p.  Softcover  $ 8.70. [OUT OF STOCK]
This distinctive and compulsive novel dissects Manila, perhaps the world’s most violent city.  ‘Has the intensity of a thriller, the precision of a documentary, and the authority of great fiction.’

Joaquin, Nick.  MAY DAY EVE AND OTHER STORIES.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing Inc., 2011.  101 p.  Includes Glossary.
Softcover   $8.25  [3 CPS.]
More short stories by the National Artist

Joaquin, Nick.  A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS FILIPINO (AN ELEGY IN THREE SCENES).  Manila:  MCS Enterprises, 1966.  116 p.
Softcover $6.60 [4 CPS.]
Francisco Arcellana says that it “...remains the most adequate formulation in the artistic form of the author’s major single preoccupation.”  This contains the original uncut version.

Joaquin, Nick.  PROSE AND POEMS.  Makati, Metro Manila:  Bookmark, 1991.  475 p. 
Newsprint $12.20  [4 CPS.]
“A collection of poems and stories written with rare distinction.  Most of the themes in the stories are universal ones of good and evil, time and eternity, past and present, love and its absence, freedom and fate.  A must read.”--Bookmark Trade List 1993.  A Filipino Literary Classic.

Joaquin, Nick.  THE SUMMER SOLSTICE AND OTHER STORIES.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing Inc., 2011.  111 p.  Includes Glossary
Softcover   $8.25  [3 CPS.]
Short stories by the National Artist

Joaquin, Nick.  THE WOMAN WHO HAD TWO NAVELS.  Pasig, Metro Manila:  Bookmark, 1991.  336 p. 
Newsprint $9.00 [4 CPS.]
“The first Filipino novel in English to win the Stonehill Annual Fellowship Award in 1960.  A major contribution to Philippine literature.”--Bookmark Trade List 1993.  A Filipino Literary Classic.

Jose, F. Sionil.  ERMITA.  Manila: Solidaridad Publishing House, 1988.  323 p. 
Softcover  $17.00  [1 CP.]
A novel by the prolific author set in Ermita with a protangonist by the name of Ermi(ta).  The time is before 1941, during the Japanese Occupation, and the Marcos era.  Worth reading.

Jose, F. Sionil. THE PRETENDERS.  Manila: Solidaridad Publishing House.  8th edition 1997.  188 p. 
Softcover $12.00  [SEE THE ROSALES SAGA BELOW.]
The story of Antonio Samson is the story of many Filipinos who find themselves lost and betrayed with nowhere to run. 

Jose, F. Sionil.  TREE.  Manila: Solidaridad Publishing House.  4th Edition 1997.  135 p. (The Rosales Saga) 
Softcover. $12.00 [SEE THE ROSALES SAGA BELOW.]
The story of a boy growing up in a small Ilocano town.  Winner of the 1980 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Literature.

Jose, F. Sionil.  PO-ON. Manila: Solidaridad Publishing House, 1984.  231 p.  (The Rosales Saga) 
Softcover $17.00 [2 CPS.]

Jose, F. Sionil.  THE ROSALES SAGA (BOXED SET). Manila: Solidaridad Publishing House, 198-?  Includes PO-ON; TREE; MY BROTHER, MY EXECUTIONER; THE PRETENDERS; and MASS. 
Softcover  $85.00   [1 CP. of each novel; sold as a set only]
One hundred years -- 1872 - 1972 -- of tumultuous Philippine history in novel form

Jose, F. Sionil.  SIN.  Manila: Solidaridad Publishing House, 1994, 2003. 
Softcover  $17.00  [1 CP.]

LADLAD:  AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILIPPINE GAY WRITING.  Edited by J. Neil C. Garcia and Danton Remoto.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1994.  295 p.  Includes Notes on the Conributors. 
Softcover  $15.00  [4 CPS.]

Lim, Paulino Jr.  CURACAO CURE AND OTHER STORIES.  Pasig City, Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2000?  p.
Softcove  $25.00  [2 CPS.]

Maglipon, Jo Ann Q.  PRIMED.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishers, 1993.  249 p. ; Illustrations 
Softcover $25.00 [3 CPS.]
The author came of age during the Martial Law days inventing ways of breaking through the media repression and censorship.  The book is a collection of articles she wrote between 1972 -- 1984.  “What Maglipon offers us is advocacy reporting at its best.”--Jose F. Lacaba

Manuel, E. Arsenio.  TREASURY OF STORIES.  Edited by Gilda Cordero-Fernado.   Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1995, 2007 ;  illustrated.
Softcover  $15.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
Filipino myths & folktales

Maramba, Asuncion David (ed) PHILIPPINE CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE IN ENGLISH AND FILIPINO.  Makati, Metro Manila:  Bookmark, 1993.  519 p. (reprinted with corrections from the 6th ed.) 
Newsprint $9.20  [OUT OF STOCK]
This anthology is a collection of the best published works by Filipino writers.  This book has been the most enduring textbook in the Philippines (since 1962).  This 6th edition includes poetry and essays culled from the “alternative press.”

Martinez, Manuel F.  ASSASINATION & CONSPRIACIES:  FROM RAJAH HUMABON TO IMELDA MARCOS.  Pasig City, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 2002.  201 p.
Softcover  $16.00  [1 CP.] 

Montes, Timothy R.  THE BLACK MEN AND OTHER STORIES.  Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1994.  126 P. 
Softcover. $6.50 [OUT OF STOCK]
A collection of nine short stories.  Part of the Contempoary Philippine Fiction Series.

Nimmo, H. Arlo.  THE SONGS OF SALANDA AND OTHER STORIES OF SULU.  Manila:  Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1994.  237 p. 
Softcover $12.70  [2 CPS.]
The author lives in San Francisco and is a professor of anthropology at California State University.  In the 1960s, he spent two years in Sulu Islands.  The stories in the book are composites of people, places and events he has encountered, and are personal explorations of his experiences in Sulu.

Nolasco, Domingo .  ELEVEN ONE-ACT PLAYS.  Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1991.  169 p. 
Softcover $9.80  [OUT OF STOCK]
A collection of one-act plays which can easily be staged with minimal use of scenery and costume.

NOT HOME, BUT HERE:  WRITING FROM THE DIASPORA.  Edited by Luisa A. Igloria. Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 2003.  143 p.
Softcover $21.00 [2 CPS.]

Ocampo, Ambeth R.  MABINI’S GHOST.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1995. 227 p. 
Hardcover  $15.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
In a collection of newspaper articles, the author has given life to the dry bones of the past.

Ocampo, Ambeth R.  MAKAMISA:    Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1992. 172 p.  Bibliography.  Appendix.  Glossary.  Softcover. $12.50  [OUT OF STOCK]
The search for Rizal’s third novel.  Makamisa brings forward a new Rizal work for students and their families, historians and scholars to enjoy

Ong, Bob.  A NG PABORITONG LIBRONG NI HUS DAS.  Metro Manila: Visprint, 2003.  p. 
Softcover  $10.00   [2 CPS]

Ong, Bob.  A B N K K B S N P L AKO?!  Metro Manila: Visprint, 2001.  p. 
Softcover  $8.25    [2 CPS.]

Ong, Bob.  BAKIT BALINKTAD MAGBASA NG LIBRO ANG MGA PILIPINO:  MGA KUWENTONG BARBERO NI BOB ONG  Metro Manila: Visual Print, 2002.  201 p.
Softcover  $10.00   [1 CP.]

Ong, Bob.  KAPITAN SINO.  Metro Manila: Visprint, 2009.  p. 
Softcover  $9.50   [2 CPS.]

Ong, Bob. MAC ART HUR.  Metro Manila: Visprint, 2007.  98 p.
Softcover  $10.00   [1 CP.]

Ong, Bob.  STAINLESS LONGGANISA.  Metro Manila: Visual Print, 2005.  184 p.
Softcover  $10.00  [1 CP.]

Ong, Charlson.  CONVERSION AND OTHER FICTIONS.  Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1996.  103 p.
Softcover $6.50   [2 CPS.]
Charlson Ong has won prizes for his short fiction stories.  This is his thrid book.

Ong, Charlson.  WOMAN OF AM-KAW AND OTHER STORIES.  Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1992.  126 p.
Softcover $13.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
A collection of short stories, with settings both in Manila and China, by the Palanca Memorial Award winning author.  Editing could be tighter in some stories (typos, etc.), but the author holds your attention.

Pacis, Carla M.  O.C.W.:  A YOUNG BOY'S SEARCH FOR HIS MOTHER.  Metro Manila: Cacho Publishing, 2001.  Softcover  $15.00  [2 CPS.]
A Young Adult novel tells the story of a mother working overseas in Hong Kong and her son's desperate search for her.

Pacis, Carla M.   ENRIQUE EL NEGRO.  Metro Manila:  Cacho Publishing, 2002. 
Softcover  $12.00 [1 CP.]
A historical novel for Young Adults which brings back to life the age of galleons.

Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.  UNCOVERING THE BEAT: THE REAL WORLD GUIDE TO REPORTING ON GOVERNMENT.  Philippines: Center for Investigative Journalism.  1997.  322 p.
Softcover $ 11.00   [1 CP.]
A guide to the huge, frustrating complex institutions whose policies and actions have an impact on our lives.

Pimentel, Benjamin.  MGA GERILYA SA POWELL STREET. Quezon City:  Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2007.  Softcover  $12.00  [1 CP.]
A novel about the Filipino-American experience in the San Francisco Bay Area, written in Tagalog.

A PORTABLE RIZAL READER:  SELECTED ESSAYS & POEMS.  Edited by Maximo P. Fabella.  Orange Park, Florida:  1998.  154 p. ; map.
Softcover  $10.00    [1 CP.]

Quiros, Conradode.  DANCES OF THE DUNCES.  Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1991.  232 p. 
Softcover  $ 10.50  [OUT OF STOCK]
It is a collection of his essays that have appeared under the column “There’s the Rub.”  It is santirical, lyrical, analytical, angry, witty and gritty.

Reyes, Edgar.  ROSAS:  MGA PILING KUWENONG PUSO.  Quezon City:  Adarna, 1987.  118 p.
Softcover  $7.00   [3 CPS.]

Rizal, Dr. Jose.  MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS.  Philippines: National Historical Institute.  Second Edition 1992.  314 p.  Softcover  $ 10.00   [OUT OF STOCK]
A collection of writings by the national hero, Jose Rizal.

Rizal, Jose.  EL FILIBUSTERISMO.  Translated by Leon Ma Guerrero  Manila:  Guerrero Publishing, 1996.    253 p.
Softcover. $ 11.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
The sequel to the author’s classic, Noli Me Tangere.  According to the translator,  “...it is more than a political novel.  It is a romantic, witty, sometimes satirical portrait of a colonial society at the end of the nineteenth century.”

Rizal, Jose.  EL FILIBUSTERISMO.  Translated by Soledad Lacson-Locsin.  Metro Manila:  Bookmark, 1997. 448 p.  Softcover $9.60 [OUT OF STOCK]
The sequel to the author’s classic, Noli Me Tangere.  According to the translator,  “...it is more than a political novel.  It is a romantic, witty, sometimes satirical portrait of a colonial society at the end of the nineteenth century.”

Rizal, Jose.  EL FILIBUSTERISMO.  Translated by Virgilio S. Almario.  Quezon City:  Adarna House, 1999.  318 p.
Softcover  Newsprint   $9.00   [1 CP.]
The Tagalog translation of the Rizal classic.

Rizal, Jose. NOLI ME TANGERE.  Translated by Soledad Lacson-Locsin.  Metro Manila:  Bookmark, 1996.  566 p.  Softcover. $9.60   [1 CP.]
Having a shattering impact on Philippine society, this novel and FILI by national hero, Jose Rizal, led to his execution in 1896.  The novel is a satire on the last years of the Spanish colonial regime in the Philippines.

Rizal, Jose.  NOLI ME TANGERE.  Translated by Leon Ma Guerrero  Manila:  Guerrero Publishing, 1996.    253 p.
Softcover. $ 12.00   [1 CP.]
Having a shattering impact on Philippine society, this novel and FILI by national hero, Jose Rizal, led to his execution in 1896.  The novel is a satire on the last years of the Spanish colonial regime in the Philippines.

Rizal, Jose.  NOLI ME TANGERE.  Translated by Virgilio S. Almario.  Quezon City:  Adarna House, 1999.  442 p.
Softcover  Newsprint   $9.00   [1 CP.]
The Tagalog translation of the Rizal classic.

Romana-Cruz, Neni.  SUNDAYS OF OUR LIVES.  Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1995.  258  p.   Softcover. $19.00  [3 CPS.]
A collection of articles that leads the reader into the everyday --and Sunday-- adventures of a middle-class wife and mother.

Romero, Sophia G.  ALWAYS HIDING. New York:  William Morrow, 1998.  272 p. 
Hardcover $19.00  [1 CP.]
A first novel set in Manila and New York City about a Filipina mother who goes TNT due to major family problems.

Rosca, Ninotchka.  STATE OF WAR. Pasig City:  Anvil Publishing, 1989, 2006. 382 p.
Softcover  Newsprint  $12.00   [1 CP.]

Rotor, A.B.  THE MEN WHO PLAY GOD:  A COLLECTION OF TEN STORIES.  Manila:  Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1993. 147 p.  Softcover $9.20  [3 CPS.]
The ten stories in this book are about doctors, written by a doctor who also is a musician, an authority on orchids, and a student of humanity, among other talents.  The story on Philippine General Hospital really captures the feel of that venerable institution on Taft Avenue.

San Juan Jr., E.  SMILE OF THE MEDUSA.  Metro Manila: Anvil Publishings, 1994.  139 p. 
Softcover  $11.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
Eleven selected works of fiction.

Santos, Bienvenido.  THE DAY THE DANCERS CAME.  Makati, Metro Manila:  Bookmark, 1991.  212 p. 
Newsprint  Softcover  $6.60  [5 CPS.]
The ten stories in this book are abou
This collection of short stories opens with the title story, which won the Philippines Free Press short story contest in 1966.  First published in 1967, the collection was re-issued by Bookmark in 1991 as part of the Filipino Literary Classic series.

Santos, Bienvenido.  BROTHER MY BROTHER.  Makati, Metro Manila:  Bookmark, 1991.  212 p.
Newsprint. SC $8.60 [4 CPS.]
A collection of stories about the Filipino, in his own country--where Tondo, Manila and Albay provide the setting and shape the mood of the stories.  First published in 1960, the book was reissued by Bookmark in 1991 as part of the Filipino Literary Classics series.

Santos, Bienvenido.  THE MAN WHO (THOUGHT HE) LOOKED LIKE ROBERT TAYLOR.  .  Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1987.  Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1983.  176 p.
Softcover  $12.00  [1 CP.]

Santos, Bienvenido.  THE PREYING MAN. Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1987.  171 p. 
Softcover $8.20  [4 CPS.]
A novel that looks at the dramatic possibilities of the ideas, dwelling in the same man, both on the need to pray and the tendency to prey on others.

Santos, Bienvenido.  WHAT THE HELL FOR YOU LEFT YOUR HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO. Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1987.  195 p. 
Softcover $12.50  [OUT OF STOCK]
David Tolosa journeys to San Francisco ostensibly to help a group of wealthy Filipino doctors publish a Filipino magazine.  His other motive is to find a long lost father.   Captures familiar characters who inhabit any typical Filipino community in a US city.

Santos, Bienvenido.  YOU LOVELY PEOPLE.  Makati, Metro Manila:  Bookmark, 1991.  241 p. 
Newsprint $6.60 [4 CPS.]
The book was written when the author was a student in the US during WW II.  His first book, Mr. Santos has skillfully captured the essence of those years.  First published in 1955, it was reissued by Bookmark in 1991 as part of its Filipino Literary Classics series.

Sato, Kazuo.  THE RISE OF SUNS AND VOICES. Manilla: De La Salle University Press, 1990.  56 p. 
Softcover $ 7.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
No. 3 in the De La Salle University Studies Program Monograph series.  This is a brief study of Japanese literature.

TAGALOG ROMANCES (VARIOUS TITLES).  Various authors.  Metro Manila:  Various publishers,  2009, 2010. 
Newsprint $4.50  [3 CPS.]
The ever popular, formulaic pulp fiction beloved by many

TAGALOG ROMANCES (VARIOUS TITLES).  Various authors.  Metro Manila:  Various publishers, 2009, 2010. 
Newsprint  $8.25  [15 CPS.]
More of the ever popular, formulaic pulp fiction

TAGALOG ROMANCES (VARIOUS TITLES).  Various authors.  Metro Manila:  Various publishers, 2009, 2010. 
Newsprint  $4.00  [83 CPS.]
Much more of the ever popular, formulaic pulp fiction

Tangherlini, Arne.  LEO@FERGUSRULES.COM: THE TRUE STORY OF LEONORA CACCIANEMICA'S ADVENTURES IN A VIRTUAL HELL.  Leapfrog Press, 1999.  215 p. 
Softcover  $14.95  [1 CP.]
A Young Adult novel, with the protagonist a 14 year old Italian-American-Filipina who is sent to the Philippines to live with her Lola.  The Internet and video games enable her to create a virtual reality.

Teodoro, Luis V.  THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY.  Quezon City:  University of the Philippines Press, 2004.  130 p.
Softcover  $24.00  [1 CP.]

Tiempo, Alfred A.  GREAT PHILIPPINE JUNGLE ENERGY CAFE.  Quezon City:  University of the Philippines Press, 1996.  [232] p.  Includes Endnotes and b & w photographs.
Softcover  $13.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
From back cover:  "... A tour de force ..."  The novel won the 1987 Palanca Memorial Award Grand Prize (English).

Tiempo, Edith L.  THE BUILDER.  Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2003.  145 p.
Softcover  $12.00  [1 CP.]
A novel by the National Artist for Literature, with the setting Dumagete.

Tiempo, Eldiberto K.  CRACKED MIRROR.  Quezon City:  New Day Publishers, 1984.  219 p.
Softcover. $8.20 [2 CPS.]
A novel by the 1983 recipient of the Ferdinand E. Marcos medallion for literature.  His other works include Cry Slaughter, To Be Free and More Than Conquerors.

Tuvera, Katrina.  THE JUPITER EFFECT.  Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2006.  191 p.
Softcover.  $14.25  [2 CPS.]
A first novel covering the years 1965 to 1983 -- basically the Marcos era -- from the eyes of "martial law babies."  The author is the daughter of Kerima Polotan and teaches English Literature at De La Salle-Taft.

Kalaw-Tirol, Lorna ed.  COMING TO TERMS.  Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1994.  204 p. 
Softcover $12.50  [OUT OF STOCK]
A collection of writings on midlife by 15 women.  Includes a brief biography of each writer.

de Ungria, Ricardo M. CATFISH ARRIVING IN LITTLE SCHOOLS.  Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1996.  279 p. 
Softcover $ 8.50   [OUT OF STOCK] 
Fiction by new writers.  This is a collection of sensate stories sourced mainly in the hollow pit of the belly where a great hunger rages and a love for words takes root.

Uranza, Azucena Grajo.  BAMBOO IN THE WIND.  Manila:  Vera-Reyes, Inc., 1990.  309 p. 
Newsprint $7.40  [2 CPS.]
A novel “ set in Manila in the last beleaguered months before the declaration of martial law ... [it] tells of the last desperate efforts of a people fighting to stave off disaster ... the arrests, torture, ...” that followed Proclamation 1081. The book won the 1990 Palanca Award for the Novel.

Veloso, Vicky.  CONVERSATIONS FOR A RAINY DAY.  San Francisco:  Sulu Books, 1992.  88p. 
Softcover $ 11.95  [5 CPS.]
A collection of stories about living in the Philippines.

Villa, Jose Garcia.  THE ANCHORED ANGEL:  SELECTED WRITINGS.  Edited by Eileen Tabios ; Foreword by Jessica Hagedorn.  New York:  Kaya Press, 1999.  255 p.  Includes Landmarks, Bibliography and Index.
Softcover  $15.00  [1 CP.]
Reintroduces the work -- major poems as well as short stories and nonfiction pieces -- of one of the major forces in Philippine poetry and literature.  Includes essays by Nick Joaquin, Luis Francia, E. San Juan and other contemporary Filipino and Filipino American writers.

Villanueva, Marianne.  LOST LANGUAGE.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 2009. 
Softcover  $16.00  [1 CP.]
These stories, set in the suburbs and cities of the U.S. and in Manila and provinces in the Philippines, take us into the [characters'] " ... center of ... heartaches and scarred lives ..."

WALANG HIYA:  LITERATURE TAKING RISKS TOWRD LIBERATORY PRACTICE.  San Francisco:  Carayan Press, 2010.  210 p.  Includes Study Guides and Contributors Bio's.
Softcover  $16.00  [1 CP.]
" ... Features poetry and short fiction from 32 emerging Pilipino and Pilipino-American writers ..." -- including Hawaii's Amalia Bueno and Ellen-Rae Cacho.

Yabes, Criselda.  BELOW THE CRYING MOUNTAIN.  Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2010.  162 p.
Softcover   $12.00  [1 CP.]
A novel covering the rebellion that broke out in Sulu in the 1970s, including the burning of Jolo.  The author is known for her non-fiction covering the military.

YOUNG BLOOD 3.  Edited by Jorge V. Aruta and Ruel s. De Vega.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 2006.  219 p.
Softcover  $10.00  [1 CP.]
Features essays by Young Adults that originally appeared in the PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER.

Yuson, Alfred A.  GREAT PHILIPPINE JUNGLE ENERGY CAFE.  Quezon City:  University of the Philippines Press, 1996.  [232] p.  Includes Endnotes and b & w photographs.
Softcover  $13.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
From the back cover:  "... A tour de force ..."  The novel won the Palanca Memorial Award Grand Prize (English) in 1987.

Yuson, Alfred.  THE MUSIC CHILD AND OTHER STORIES.  Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1991. 159 p.
Softcover $9.00  [7 CPS.]
A compilation of stories which appeared in other publications.  A few of the stories have won awards.  The title story appeared in the 1992 issue of Manoa, A Pacific Journal of International Writing, published by UH Manoa.

Zafra, Jessica.  TWISTED.  Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1995.  256 p. 
Softcover. $18.50   [1 CP.]  
A collection of articles that appear in the daily Today.  She reports on the horrors of urban living, recounts the torments of mountain climbing, alternately vilifies and rhapsodizes on the male of the species, contemplates life in a parallel universe and awaits the end of the world.

Zafra, Jessica.  WOMANAGERIE AND OTHER TALES FROM THE FRONT.  Pasig, Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 1995.
181 p.  Softcover. $14.25  [OUT OF STOCK]
Another collection that appeared in Women Today magazine by the witty author.